Talk about a baby boom. Using several telescopes ranging
from radio to the infrared, astronomers have discovered that a remote galaxy,
12.3 billion light-years away, is churning out 1,000 to 4,000 newborn stars a
year.
STAR-FORMING CHAMP Green and blue splotches denote a galaxy that, forming stars at the furious rate of 1,000 to 4,000 a year, sets the record for the early universe.
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